List of Syrphidae genera explained

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The family Syrphidae consists of more than 6000 living species of hoverfly. The internal taxonomy of the family and the number of genera varies greatly between sources leading to considerable discrepancy across the literature. This is currently in the process of reorganization on the basis of phylogenetic studies but knowledge is still incomplete, especially in light of recent studies of larval characters suggesting relationships which don't correspond with the phylogeny based solely on adult characters.

The current classification is therefore still based on the morphology of adults and basically refers to the taxonomic scheme adopted by Thompson & Rotheray in the Manual of Palaearctic Diptera (1998), which divides the family into three subfamilies and fourteen tribes.

The nomenclature given here is derived partly from the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (BDWD), and a working classification created by a group of molecular biologists which no doubt will alter greatly in the future.[2]

The distribution of genera in biogeographic realms is derived from the biosystematics BDWD.

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Eristalinae

The subfamily Eristalinae (=Milesiinae) is subdivided into 9 tribes.

Tribe: Brachyopini

(=Chrysogasterini Shannon, 1922)

Subtribe: Brachyopina

Subtribe: Spheginina

Tribe: Callicerini

(=Calliceratinae Brues & Melander, 1932)

Tribe: Cerioidini

(=Ceriini, Cerioidinae Wahlgren, 1909)

Tribe: Eristalini

Subtribe: Eristalina

Subtribe: Helophilina

Tribe: Sericomyiini

- sometimes regarded as a subtribe of the Eristalini

Tribe: Eumerini

(=Merodontini, Medorontinae Edwards, 1915, Medorontinae Bezzi, 1915, Medorontidae Glumac & Vujic, 1990, Nausigasterinae Shannon, 1921)

Tribe: Milesiini

(=Xylotini)

Subtribe: Blerina

Subtribe: Criorhinina

Subtribe: Milesiina

Subtribe: Temnostomina

Subtribe: Tropidiina

Subtribe: Xylotina

Tribe: Rhingiini

(=Cheilosiini Cockerell, 1917)

Subtribe: Cheilosiina

Subtribe: Pelecocerina

Subtribe: Psarina

Subtribe: Rhingiina

Tribe: Volucellini

Microdontinae

The arrangement of genera here follows the extensive revision carried out by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).[5]

Tribe: Microdontini

Tribe: Spheginobacchini

Pipizinae

The subfamily Pipizinae was formerly considered a tribe within Eristalinae, but a recent phylogenetic analysis suggests it should be ranked as a separate subfamily (Mengual, 2015).

Syrphinae

The subfamily Syrphinae is subdivided into 4 well established tribes. For table of genera, subgenera, authors and types see Mengual et al (2008)

Tribe: Bacchini

(=Melanostomatini)

Tribe: Paragini

Tribe: Syrphini

(=Chrysotoxini). In Mengual et al. (2008) this tribe was resolved into two groups.

Syrphini (Group 1)

Syrphini (Group 2)

Syrphini (Group undetermined)

Tribe: Toxomerini

Genera of uncertain affinities

This section contains a list of genera for which the bibliography does not provide a clear systematic position. These genera are not intended as incertae sedis: It is likely that they have been given a formal taxonomic description or been defined in a subsequent revision, but not in the works consulted.

See also

Notes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. [:it:Generi di Syrphidae]
  2. Lifedesks: Classification of Syrphidae http://syrphidae.lifedesks.org/node/1476
  3. Johnson. Charles W.. Diptera collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Somaliland, eastern Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1898. 50. 157–164. 21 October 2016.
  4. Doczkal. Dieter. Radenković. Snežana. Lyneborg. Leif. Pape. Thomas. Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical genus Megatrigon Johnson, 1898 (Diptera: Syrphidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 2016. 238. 1–36. 21 October 2016. 2118-9773.
  5. Reemer . Menno . Ståhls, Gunilla . 2013 . Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae) . . 288 . 1–213 . 2014-08-18 . 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095 . 23798897 . 3690914 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082203/http://www.pensoft.net/book/12776/ . 2014-08-19 . dead . free .
  6. Treated as a subgenus of Microdon by BDWD and a genus in Cheng & Thomson (2008).
  7. Treated as a synonym of Microdon by BDWD but as a genus in Cheng & Thompson (2008).
  8. Hull . Frank. M . 1937 . New Species of Exotic Syrphid Flies . . 44 . 1–2 . 12–32 . PDF Adobe Acrobat . 2018-05-25 . 10.1155/1937/46960 . free .
  9. Proposed as a synonym for Microdon by Cheng & Thompson (2008) and reported as such by BDWD.
  10. Cheng . Xin-Yue . Thompson, F. Christian . 2008 . A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China . Zootaxa . 1879 . 21–48 . 1175-5334 . PDF Adobe Acrobat . 2009-09-11 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . free .
  11. Hull . Frank. M . 1937 . A megamorphic and two curious mimetic flies . . 44 . 4 . 116–121 . PDF Adobe Acrobat . 2018-05-25 . 10.1155/1937/67124 . free .
  12. Not reported by BDWD.
  13. Defined as a subgenus in BDWD though without evidence in the nomenclature; in Cheng & Thompson (2008) is indicated as a subgroup of Microdon.
  14. Reemer . Menno . 2008 . Surimyia a new genus of Microdontinae, with notes on Paragodon Thompson, 1969 (Diptera, Syrphidae) . . 82 . 177–188 . PDF.
  15. Huo . Ke-Ke . Shi . Fu-Min . 2010 . Flavizona (Huo), a new genus of Syrphini from China, with a key to genera of Syrphini in China . Zootaxa . 2428 . 47–54 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2428.1.4 .
  16. Mengual . X . Ghorpadé . K . 2010 . The flower fly genus Eosphaerophoria Frey (Diptera, Syrphidae) . ZooKeys . 33 . 39–80 . 10.3897/zookeys.33.298 . free .

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